A Soul's Past and Future

A King Forever

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Chapter 20: A King Forever

When Peter woke up, he found himself in the med bay... again. Peter groaned as he let his head fall back onto the pillow. Peter closed his eyes and listened. He didn't hear the thousands of footsteps or doors opening, in fact everything was calmer and more peaceful. Which means he wasn't in the tower. Suddenly the door opened and Tony waltzed in.

"FRIDAY informed me you were awake. Is this going to be a normal thing? You giving me a heart attack and having to rush you to the med bay?" Tony joked.

"You have a heart?" Peter weakly shot back.

"I'll have you know that I, Tony Stark, does in fact have a heart." Tony stated. "I even have an arc reactor to proof it." Peter let out a chuckle, but immediately regretted it. Tony frowned. "You okay kiddo?"

"I-" Peter was going to say he was fine but then stopped. "No, it feels like I was burned and a stampede went over me."

"Well, thankfully, none of that happened. You were shot though. Bruce said your healing factor was already working so you should be good as new later today or tomorrow morning." Tony informed. "Do you remember what happened?"

"Yeah..."

"We'll get her back. We won't let Hydra win."

"I know."

"Well it doesn't sound like it. So, I need you to believe me or I'm going to have to convince you."

Peter raised an eyebrow. "And how are you going to do that?"

"I still got a few tricks up my sleeve."

"Right, of course you do." Peter sighed. As much as he wanted to believe Tony. There was no way he could. Guilt was eating him alive from inside out. No matter how hard he tries, he'll always keep blaming himself.

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Peter was released from the med bay the following morning. He was currently inside the bathroom that was in his personal room, which was a guest bedroom. Peter sat on the ground, his back to the locked door. Peter had requested FRIDAY to not let anyone in unless he said so. This left Peter to his thoughts. May I tell you that he has locked himself in there for nearly 2 hours.

'I still can't believe it. Thanks to you, Hydra now has all six guardians.'

"It's not my fault."

'Yes, it is and you know it. Stop denying it.'

"I'm not denying it." Even if Peter kept telling himself that. Deep down he believed everything the voice was saying.

'I know you believe me. I can feel it. You know it's your fault, she knows it's your fault, even the Avengers blame you.'

"If they blamed me why am I still here."

'Because they feel bad. They pity you.'

"No. They don't."

'You're just a charity case and you know it.'

"Shut up."

'You're a useless brat who gets everything wrong.'

"Shut up!"

'You're a waste of space who loses everything you love. The Avengers will leave you. Ned will leave you and MJ, she will see how worthless you are and will also leave you. It will only be a matter of time.'